Daniel 3:2

Daniel · Old Testament · Chapter 3

“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes, the governors, and the captains, the judges, the treasurers, the counsellors, the sheriffs, and all the rulers of the provinces, to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up.”Daniel 3:2

What Does Daniel 3:2 Mean?

Daniel 3:2 is found in the book of Daniel, chapter 3, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 15 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.

Cross-References (15)

These passages are connected to Daniel 3:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.

Daniel 3:27“And the princes, governors, and captains, and the king’s counsellors, being gathered together, saw these men, upon whose bodies the fire had no power, nor was an hair of their head singed, neither were their coats changed, nor the smell of fire had passed on them.”Daniel 6:7“All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.”Exodus 32:4“And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.”Numbers 25:2“And they called the people unto the sacrifices of their gods: and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.”Judges 16:23“Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.”1 Kings 12:32“And Jeroboam ordained a feast in the eighth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, like unto the feast that is in Judah, and he offered upon the altar. So did he in Bethel, sacrificing unto the calves that he had made: and he placed in Bethel the priests of the high places which he had made.”Proverbs 29:12“If a ruler hearken to lies, all his servants are wicked.”Daniel 6:1“It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes, which should be over the whole kingdom;”Daniel 6:6“Then these presidents and princes assembled together to the king, and said thus unto him, King Darius, live for ever.”Esther 1:3“In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:”Esther 9:3“And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.”Jeremiah 51:44“And I will punish Bel in Babylon, and I will bring forth out of his mouth that which he hath swallowed up: and the nations shall not flow together any more unto him: yea, the wall of Babylon shall fall.”Daniel 3:24“Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his counsellors, Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king.”Revelation 17:2“With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication.”Matthew 20:25“But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them.”

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